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AN IN-DEPTH REPORT ON WHAT WAS KNOWN OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE LANDS!
Gazette of the United States, Philadelphia
November 21, 22 & 23, 1803 (three newspapers)
Here is a set of three consecutive issues containing a very thorough and lengthy account of the immense amount of land recently purchased by the United States from France for just over $15, 000,000 – a deal that virtually doubled the size of the United States. Just a few of the portions include, “BOUNDARIES, New Orleans, The inhabitants and their origin, “Fortifications, Indians, Of lands and titles, The Church,” descriptions of the Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri Rivers, and much more. As Lewis and Clark had yet to explore the huge territory, knowledge of much of Louisiana was very limited indeed. I found one of the most interesting parts to be the early hurricanes that had struck the Louisiana Coast and New Orleans, eerily precursors to Hurricane Katrina! Column after column, page after page on some of the new U.S. lands makes for incredible reading. (I’ve put down a few books to read these three antique newspapers!)
Each issue four pages and in remarkably fine condition. The newspapers also contain a number of notices for “Runaway Slaves.”
$330
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